Not Enough Light!

    I’m quite disappointed with the film. I think I just expected too much…Well, think of Mel Chionglo, Ricky Lee … you can’t refuse to imagine something great from such combination. (Take note ha, quite lang! Slight lang na disappointment)

   On a brighter side, the film succeeds in proving itself to be more than masturbatory. It’s not just about men flaunting their bulges and buns, the film at least tried to prove a point. Yung problema, hindi siya ganun ka-pulido. Ricky Lee, known as one of the industry’s finest, somehow failed in this attempt. Hindi malinis ang takbo at sobrang bumpy! Halata na pinilit lng na ipasok ang mga national concerns in some of the scenes. Ok sana, pero they should’ve used convincing actors for those scenes, medyo salpok talaga yung eksena tungkol sa mga nagkukuwentuhan tungkol sa mga terorista! The film tried to discuss how dirty our politics run, showbiz, poverty, education, activism pati na rin “braindrain”; kung saan hindi nagagamit ng bansa ang mga utak ng mga Pilipino dahil mas pinipiling mangibang bayan ! I just don’t like how they’ve inserted the word “global” in several scenes na talagang nakakairita.

I am just a mere moviegoer, wala akong karapatan na magreklamo, pero ano pa na tinawag to na review di bah!

    I’ve been a follower of Ricky Lee and I love most of his works! I worship him when it comes to his craft. I love his style. He actually used the same approach, just like what he did with Moral and "Noon at Ngayon" with this film but it was just not that effective. The characters living their own world habang hinahayaan din nilang umikot ang realidad. Chionglo, also needs to consider how annoying some of his actors are. Direction is just OK, pero sayang yung material. They could have squeezed something more.

    I love Joel Lamangan in this film. Nakakatakot siya! He could actually shift from one character to another with ease. Another impressive performance for Cherry Pie Picache, despite of such status in being an actress, hindi mapili si Cherry Pie, she loves her craft kaya tanggap lng ng tanggap ng role. She was very effective on this one. Well for me ha, magreact na ang gustong magreact, pero Cherry Pie is my Meryl Streep ng Pilipinas.

   Ana Capri, na hindi nawawala sa circulation, medyo disappointing din. She’s supposed to be mute, pero medyo OA ang hitad na parang sinto-sinto! JE Sison was supposed to be rich, a son of a Congressman. Imagine a kanto boy, yung tambay sa basketball court na super angas na laging may bitbit na gin bulag, tapos nagyaya na mag-Starbucks at gumimik sa Metrowalk, yun, yun ang effect niya, sakto! Allen Dizon naman,… naiintindihan ko siya! Ok na!

    Commendable performances naman for Arnell Ignacio and Direk Jerry Sineneng. Direk actually threw the best line for the film, “Yung mga hustler nagiging artista, yung mga artista nagiging pulitiko, yung mga pulitiko bumabalik sa hustler”, heheh!! Hindi yun verbatim pero somehow ganun yung point niya! galing noh?

    Tyron, Tyron, Tyron…. He’s fine! I love the final scene. Sobrang expressive ng eyes niya, madadala ka. Not bad for his first lead.

    I like how the film ended though. It just showed how cruel our world is. It was a true reflection on how life is. Hindi totoo na talagang laging panalo ang puti sa itim! Hindi lahat ng ending e happy ever after. Hindi pwedeng laging naililigtas ng prinsipe ang prinsesa. Life is how we make it sabi nila, kailangan nating makisayaw sa tugtog, pero paano kung hindi mo kayang i-control? Paano kung totoong Life is how we make it nga pero hindi mo gusto yung outcome, malala pa, hindi mo kayang takasan? Paano kung hindi mo gusto ang sayaw pero talagang kailangan mo pa ring sumayaw? paano kung pagod ka na, pero hindi pa rin tapos ang tugtog? Sad!